Current Openings at Red Door Family Shelter
Part-Time Child Care Worker (Contract)
Description
About Red Door: Red Door is a not-for-profit organization. The mission of the Red Door Shelter is to end homelessness for each family that comes through our doors by providing a safe, temporary refuge and critical services to support them in healing, rebuilding their lives and integrating back into a community. At Red Door, we strive for quality care, advocacy, collaboration, integrity and accountability.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement childcare programs for the children residing in the shelter: infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children
- Create a safe and welcoming environment for the children through planned indoor and outdoor activities
- Assist with maintaining the Childcare room in a clean and orderly manner in accordance with Public Health standards
- Assist the children with fine and gross motor skills, English acquisition, development of concentration skills, the promotion of creative expression and cultural orientation,
- Assist the children with the process of separating from the primary caregiver and offer emotional support when required
- Approach parents and staff in an appropriate and professional manner, when accepting children into the Childcare and returning the children to their parents or to the staff
- Ongoing observation and documentation of children’s progress and issues
- Maintain open communication with co-workers and supervisor regarding children’s issues, concerns, observations, and programming
- Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Fulfill reporting/documentation requirements, within established deadlines for completion
Qualifications:
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in ECE, CYW, Child Studies, Education or another related field
- Experience working with children from birth to older youth,
- Excellent oral and written communication skills,
- Leadership skills, a positive behaviour management style and creative ideas,
- CPR/First Aid Training.
Position Type: Contract, Part-Time
Job Reference Code: B-152
Location: Family Site
Positions Available: One (1) position
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm (20 hrs/week)
Salary: $25.79 - $26.40 per hour + plus 4% vacation pay as per the collective agreement and access to the health care spending account (HCSA) and employee assistance program at no cost to you!
Successful candidates will be required to clear vulnerable sector screening.
The Red Door is an equal opportunity agency and encourages applications from all those who wish to apply. We especially welcome those who have lived experiences and affinities that align with our clients in order to best represent their interests, including women-identifying people, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC), newcomers to Canada, those who have experience with homelessness and violence, and those with disabilities. Regrettably, we are not fully wheelchair accessible at our main office or our Violence Against Women shelter.